Description
The Teatro Dal Verme is a historic Milan theater on Via San Giovanni sul Muro, a short walk from the Sforza Castle. Today it is a concert hall, home of the Pomeriggi Musicali orchestra, with classical music, jazz, rock and film; in the 19th century it was one of the city's great opera stages.
This stage saw the premieres of Le Villi, Giacomo Puccini's first opera, in 1884, and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci in 1892, conducted by Arturo Toscanini. It was also here that Lehár's The Merry Widow arrived in Italy, in 1907, and Marinetti brought his Futurist theater.
Count Francesco Dal Verme had it built in place of the Ciniselli family's wooden circus theater, which the neighbors could not stand. It opened in 1872 with a horseshoe-shaped hall for about three thousand spectators. Destroyed by bombs in 1943, it was a movie theater for many years; since 2001 it has returned to music, with a hall of about 1,400 seats.
This stage saw the premieres of Le Villi, Giacomo Puccini's first opera, in 1884, and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci in 1892, conducted by Arturo Toscanini. It was also here that Lehár's The Merry Widow arrived in Italy, in 1907, and Marinetti brought his Futurist theater.
Count Francesco Dal Verme had it built in place of the Ciniselli family's wooden circus theater, which the neighbors could not stand. It opened in 1872 with a horseshoe-shaped hall for about three thousand spectators. Destroyed by bombs in 1943, it was a movie theater for many years; since 2001 it has returned to music, with a hall of about 1,400 seats.